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The Renaissance Unit Test

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Who was Leondardo da Vinci?
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What personal and political reasons led King Henry VIII to split with the Catholic Church?
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What happened when Luther was brought before the Diet of Worms?
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Who was Desiderius Erasmus? How did he help to prepare Europe for the Reformation?
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Describe at least two key effects of the Reformation on Europe and the world.
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How did the rise of commerce and banking affect life in towns and cities?
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How did the growth of trade and commerce help the Renaissance begin?
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How did the Jesuits help strengthen the Catholic Church?
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What two Protestant reformers began new churches in Switzerland?
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What was the Council of Trent? What did the council do?
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Describe at least two ways in which Renaissance sculpture was different from medieval sculpture.
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List at least four science or mathematics topics that Leonardo explored in his notebooks.
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What other things did the Catholic Church do to stop the spread of Protestantism?
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Describe at least two ways in which Renaissance literature differed from medieval literature.
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Describe at least two Renaissance advances in painting techniques.
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What reforms did Jan Hus call for?
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In what way did Catherine of Siena's approach to faith help prepare people for the Reformation?
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How did Italian city-states become so powerful?
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Why did towns become more important as trade grew?
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What were city-states? How were they governed?
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Geometry, engineering, anatomy, motion, and sound.
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Geometry, perspective, and oil paint.
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The central Mediterranean location allowed booming centers of trade and business.
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Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin.
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It was a meeting of Catholic church leaders that began to combat corruption and fight protestantism in 1545. It rejected predestination and justification by faith alone. It reaffirmed the sacraments and the church's authority to interpret the Bible.
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Towns were centrally located. They attracted merchants, craftsmen, and customers. They provided services for traveling merchants.
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He called for an end to corruption among clergy. He wanted the Bible and mass to be offered in the people's ordinary language rather than latin.
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Merchants, craftsmen, and bankers became more powerful. They used new wealth to commission art, new buildings, and to fund universities.
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He was an Italian artist and scientist. He is known as a "renaissance man" because he was skilled in a variety of areas. He sketched inventions that were ahead of his time. He painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper".
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He split from the Church so he could divorce and remarry. He would not have to share power and wealth.
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It showed people could lead spiritual lives that went beyond the norms of the Church. It emphasized personal experience of God over church practices.
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3-D, freestanding, looked real, and showed emotion.
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It led to a series of wars and persecutions. These created lasting divisions in Europe. These divisions spread to new lands. It led to a period of nationalism and monarchies that became stronger. It helped democratic ideas and practices.
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New items renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome. New wealth generated helped to fund a growth in art and learning.
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He refused to take back teachings and was declared a heretic by the emperor. The emperor forbade the printing of his ideas.
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he was a humanist priest that wanted to reform the Church. He wrote "The Praise of Folly", a satire of society including abuses by clergy and church leaders. His attacks on corruption added to people's desire to leave Catholocism.
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It looked to Catholic rulers to support it and to win back lands lost to Protestantism. The pope started the Roman Inquisition, which condemned people whose views were considered dangerous. It dealt harshly with those it labeled heretics.
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City-states were powerful cities in Italy and surrounding towns and countryside. They were governed independently, often by elected councils. Some ruled by rich merchants, guilds, or powerful families.
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They founded schools and colleges, brought Europeans back to the Church and spread Catholicism in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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Medieval literature was usually about religious subjects, it was written in latin, and impersonal. Renaissance literature was non-religious, was written in dialects, and had personal style.
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Be able to compare and contrast Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Anglicanism. (similarities and differences)
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Be able to use a map of Europe and list the major regions/countries in which each type of religion was practiced during the Reformation.
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Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"?
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An Italian painter known for his use of color. He created many paintings of myths and Bible stories, as well as portraits of royalty.
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An Italian painter and sculptor. He is best known for the painting of the Sistine Chapel and his statue of "David".

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